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Moon phases December 1972

New moon
Tue 05 Dec
20:24 UTC
First quarter
Wed 13 Dec
18:36 UTC
Full · Cold
Wed 20 Dec
09:45 UTC
Last quarter
Wed 27 Dec
10:28 UTC

In December 1972 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Tuesday, December 5 at 20:24 UTC, the First Quarter on Wednesday, December 13 at 18:36 UTC, the Full Moon on Wednesday, December 20 at 09:45 UTC and the Last Quarter on Wednesday, December 27 at 10:28 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 16% lit 16% 02 Waning Crescent, 10% lit 10% 03 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 04 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 05New New Moon, 0% lit 0%20:24 06 Waxing Crescent, 0% lit 0% 07 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 08 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 09 Waxing Crescent, 12% lit 12% 10 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19% 11 Waxing Crescent, 27% lit 27% 12 Waxing Crescent, 37% lit 37% 13First Q First Quarter, 47% lit 47%18:36 14 Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 20Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%09:45 21 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 22 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 23 Waning Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 24 Waning Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 25 Waning Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 26 Waning Gibbous, 59% lit 59% 27Last Q Last Quarter, 50% lit 50%10:28 28 Waning Crescent, 40% lit 40% 29 Waning Crescent, 31% lit 31% 30 Waning Crescent, 22% lit 22% 31 Waning Crescent, 15% lit 15%

Exact phase times

December 1972 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on December 5, the First Quarter on December 13, the Full Moon on December 20 and the Last Quarter on December 27.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonTuesday, December 5, 197220:24
First QuarterWednesday, December 13, 197218:36
Full MoonWednesday, December 20, 197209:45
Last QuarterWednesday, December 27, 197210:28

Wednesday, December 20, 1972: Cold Moon, 358,766 km from Earth. Supermoon

Full moons · 1972

Twelve full moons, one blue

30 Jan Wolf total eclipse 29 Feb Snow 29 Mar Worm Micromoon 28 Apr Pink Micromoon 28 May Flower Micromoon 26 Jun Straw­berry 26 Jul Buck partial eclipse 24 Aug Sturgeon 23 Sept Harvest Supermoon 22 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 20 Nov Beaver Blue moon 20 Dec Cold Supermoon